The Oedipus complex, reflecting the myth of Oedipus who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, consists of a cluster of unconscious feelings of love for the parent of the opposite sex and hatred for the other. It is the focus of the...

An Oedipus complex (OC) is a constellation of loving and hostile thoughts and feelings that the young child experiences towards his parents as a consequence of his psychosexual development. It was named by Sigmund Freud after the mythical figure...

The Oedipus complex in Freudian psychoanalysis refers to a stage of psychosexual development in childhood where children of both sexes regard their father as an adversary and competitor for the exclusive love of their mother. The name derives from the...